Autonomous communities of Pacitalia

Autonomous community
Category	Autonomous administrative division
Location	Pacitalia
Created by	§ 7.1, Carta Proposera
Created	2007
Number	20 autonomous communities 2 autonomous cities
Populations	4,756,132 (Montagnera) – 51,311,023 (Pomentane)
Areas	10,410 km2 (Comune di Timiocato) – 328,004 km2 (Alt-Empordà) Land area only
Government	Autonomous government
Subdivisions	First-level: Department, comarque, comarca Second-level: Comune, ajuntament, ayuntamiento

In Pacitalia, an autonomous community (Pacitalian: regione comunitare autonome; Spanish: comunidad autónoma; Empordian: comunitat autonoma) is the top-level national political and administrative division.

Autonomous communities were created when the Pacitalian constitution was overhauled at the conversion to the Second Pacitalian Republic in 2007, and are legally defined in section 7 of the constitution. These autonomous communities divide the country along ethnic and historic lines. Many of the names of the autonomous communities carried over from the First Republic, when Pacitalia was divided into provinces. Though Pacitalia is still organized as a unitary state, the provisions of the Second Republic intended to transition the country into a regionalized form of unitary government and more clearly laid out expanded devolution of powers to autonomous communities.

The autonomous communities exercise their right to self-government through the so-called Statutes of Autonomy, which define the powers that are downloaded from the national government. Autonomous communities generally have the same level of autonomy, but ethnically and linguistically distinct communities, such as Alt-Empordà, Baix-Empordà and Marquería, have more powers. The Carta Proposera also mandates that each autonomous community maintains a unicameral regional parliamentary body, but does not outline which voting system is to be used to elect members. Regional governments have legislative and executive branches of government but not judicial, as those powers are retained by the national government.

Initially, the constitution provided for 16 autonomous communities. As part of this initial change, Regione Insulare was dissolved, and the numerous islands off the west coast of the Pacitalian mainland were divided into three regions: Dossavora, Palatinia and Rossopunia. This was subsequently amended in 2019, as lawmakers attempted to continue the work of restoring historically and culturally distinct areas. Farronia and Montagnera were split from portions of Antigonia and Sambuca, Mediolania was carved out of southwestern Antigonia, southeastern Pungaria and northern Amalfia, and Provencia was halved, with the northern half of its former area – the entirety of the Caudese peninsula – becoming Cauda.

The core urban portions of Timiocato and Nortopalazzo, the country's two largest metropolitan areas, were detached from their existing autonomous communities (Capitale and Antigonia, respectively), and elevated to national-level municipalities, which are legally and functionally equivalent in authority to an autonomous community. These municipalities are codified in Pacitalian law as comune con statuto unicale ("municipalities with distinct status"), and legal and constitutional provisions exist to elevate other cities to this status in future. This change, ironically, had the effect of elevating Pacitalia's third-largest city, Saronno, to become the largest, as outer portions of the former two cities became legally distinct.

Most recently, the former autonomous community of Capitale, surrounding Timiocato, voted to rename itself Campo Nazionale in late 2022. Enabling legislation was passed by the Constazione and the Senato in early 2023, and signed into law by Archonate Vittoria Agradossa. The name change entered into force on September 1, 2023.

List of autonomous communities

Flag	Autonomous community	Capital	Largest city	Land area (km2)	Population (2018)	GRP per capita (Ð, 2018)	Notes
	Alt-Empordà	Agramunt		328,004	17,087,159	26,410
	Amalfia	Rigunanta	Puntafora	144,102	33,575,551	22,473
	Antigonia	Sevampina	Campobasso	196,356	16,603,033	23,312
	Baix-Empordà	Sant-Pere	Bergamo	244,101	24,638,450	30,627
	Beracanto	Mandragora		175,499	27,100,332	36,194
	Campo Nazionale	Torresanmarco	San Marco	88,657	22,670,324	27,051
	Cauda	Caderesta	Abedossa	114,534	5,764,303	12,886	Split from Provencia
	Comune di Nortopalazzo			25,632	11,893,145	25,510	Split from Antigonia
	Comune di Timiocato			10,410	15,432,692	22,785	Split from Campo Nazionale
	Dossavora	Argazala	Sampodora	102,193	6,618,239	16,297	Part of the former Regione Insulare
	Farronia	Trimezzo	Madussa	98,781	8,784,356	16,756	Split from Antigonia and Sambuca
	Franconia	Averso	Amita	169,978	15,765,822	24,108
	Marquería	Roquereda	Monterio	256,118	14,254,770	22,422
	Mediolania	San Termoli	Montevarchi	75,564	10,571,412	20,735	Split from Amalfia, Antigonia and Pungaria
	Montagnera	Castellamonte	Antemaro	58,330	4,756,132	14,101	Split from Antigonia and Sambuca
	Palatinia	Cortona	Fiorentina	163,311	11,664,746	19,087	Part of the former Regione Insulare
	Pomentane	Saronno		220,418	51,311,023	26,302
	Provencia	Altecampo	Attalona	130,432	14,315,445	21,567
	Pungaria	Fiascano	Fontevella	157,806	22,485,808	19,942
	Rossopunia	Giardinoia	Sobrefema	204,510	19,268,751	15,193	Part of the former Regione Insulare
	Sambuca	Cerignola	Sambuca	189,116	39,978,630	18,810
	Trasteveria	Ficherenza	Capagatta	79,712	12,690,787	20,121
				3,233,564	407,230,910	23,717